Election held in free, fair manner
The Coordination Council for Human Rights in Bangladesh (CCHRB) yesterday said the ninth parliamentary election was held in a free, fair and impartial manner.
The council observed this on the basis of the reports by its members who visited 2,366 polling centres in 22 constituencies across the country before and during the election.
At a view exchange meeting at Dhaka Reporters' Unity auditorium, the members said the presence of voters in the polling centres was spontaneous and that women voters turned out in large numbers.
Although some voters had trouble finding their centres and their names on the voter list, polling was held peacefully, they said. some voters could not cast their votes as they did not find their names on the list.
The observers also said presiding officers prevented them from entering some centres even after they showed the identity cards issued by the Election Commission.
Although there was a rumor that some candidates distributed money among the voters, the observers said, they did not find any witnesses to such incident.
Also, they did not find anybody casting fake votes.
Council President AHM Nouman presented a keynote paper at the meeting attended by council director Advocate Shamsuddin, vice-president Osman Gani and executive members Babul Kumar Adhikari, Jasmine Ara Prema and Mahbubul Haque.
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